In 1949, two Canadian animators painted jazz directly onto 35mm film, and the Oscar Peterson Trio’s music became a swirl of colour, rhythm and motion

Canadian artists McLaren and Lambart created Begone Dull Care in 1949. They painted and scratched directly onto film to ...

SIGGRAPH 2026 Computer Animation Festival Celebrates Global Storytelling, Alongside a Blockbuster Production Sessions Lineup

SIGGRAPH 2026, the world's premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, is once again spotlighting the future of visual storytelling through two of its most anticipated programs ...
Cartoon Brew

Social And Racial Justice Take Center Stage In School Of Visual Arts’s Animation Community

The School of Visual Arts’ animation departments — BFA Animation; BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and Visual Effects; and MFA Computer Arts — have an amazing and diverse group of alumni that ...
Nature

Computer animation: Digital heroes and computer-generated worlds

Joe Letteri, Oscar-winning co-creator of Gollum on screen, looks at the evolution of computer animation as the next instalment of The Hobbit trilogy reaches cinemas. Computer animation is a natural ...
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2024 SVA Animation in Annecy and Paris

SVA returned to the Annecy International Animation Festival in France this year with a larger presence and wider reach. Alongside 17,400 attendees from 103 countries, SVA faculty, staff and alumni ...
The Conversation

‘Jurassic Park’ made a dinosaur‑sized leap forward in computer‑generated animation on screen, 25 years ago

With 25 years of hindsight, “Jurassic Park” marks a pivotal point in the history of visual effects in film. It came 11 years after 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” debuted computer-generated ...
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Pre College Programs

3D Animation and Visual Effects majors at SVA are highly skilled artists who can solve complex visual challenges. In this course, students will explore the field of computer animation, which is ...